Chapter Thirty-ninth: Breaking the Siege of the City and Using Their Tricks (2)
After Wu Yong revealed the plan to defeat the imperial army stationed in Zheng County, Lin Chong took the lead and led a thousand men to be the protagonist of the charge. As for who was going to lead the five hundred archers, Di Yan, who was stationed in Aoshui Town, was naturally not the one to lead the charge. Two choices.
Shi Jin immediately handed over the transfer order to Lin Chong, and he went to mobilize the troops and generals.
Before leaving, Wu Yong told Lin Chong: "You can rest in Aoshui Town first. When dusk falls, go to the valley to set up camp and dig traps on the gentle slope in front of the camp. Be careful. If there is an accident, don't be reluctant to fight. Cooperate with Di Yan and quickly retreat to Aoshui Town. If everything is ready, you can act according to the plan at midnight."
Lin Chong immediately received the order and ordered a thousand men and horses to go to Aoshui Town.
Not long after Lin Chong left, there was a sudden commotion outside. A man carrying a message rushed in, knelt down and reported: "Report, leader Chen Da is back with a small team of men."
"What," Shi Jin couldn't help but trembled when he heard this. He lost his mind for a moment and quickly jumped up from his chair, rushing out of the door like Zhu Wu and other dubious brothers.
As soon as Shi Jin and others arrived at the west gate of Huayin County, they saw a small leader guarding the city running down from the top of the city, worshiping in front of Shi Jin and saying: "There is a small group of people below the city, claiming to be leader Chen Da. I Wait until it doesn’t look like it, just wait for big brother to make a decision,”
"What are you waiting for? Open the door quickly." Shi Jin was worried about Chen Da's safety. When he heard that Chen Da was still trapped outside the city, he couldn't be anxious. He immediately complained about his negligence.
The little leader took the order and ran towards the city. Before he could turn around, Zhu Wu loudly stopped the little leader and said, "Wait a minute."
The little boss stopped when he heard the sound and looked at Zhu Wu turning to Shi Jin. Zhu Wu Jin said: "Brother, it's better to be careful. If it's really Chen Da's brother, everyone will be very happy. We might as well go upstairs and take a look before we get in." It’s not too late,”
Wu Yong just couldn't speak, but after Zhu Wu said this, he could say: "Zhu Wu is right. When Chen Da was trapped, we couldn't be in a hurry. Now that we have broken out of the siege, since they are all under the city, we can't Not later than this, let’s go to the city and take a look.”
"Okay, let's go." Seeing that the two of them were so cautious, Shi Jin couldn't insist on opening the city at the moment, so he took three steps and two steps at a time, and ran straight to the city, followed closely by the other brothers. Come up to the city.
Shi Jin stepped on the battlements and looked anxiously down the city. He saw a small group of people gathered by the moat outside the west city gate. They all looked like they were dripping with blood. Their clothes and armor were disheveled, but their hands were tight. Holding the sword and gun tightly, they were standing there, shouting to the city to open the door.
Shi Jin stared at the city and saw that Chen Da was indeed in the queue. His helmet was thrown on the ground, and his clothes and armor were in pieces hanging on half of his body. His hair was disheveled, and his face was covered with mud. There was nothing there. A little bit like the past.
Shi Jin looked at it and couldn't help but feel pain in his heart. With such a miserable look, he really didn't know what kind of fierce battle Chen Da had suffered and how much torture he had suffered.
"Hurry up the suspension bridge and open the city gate," Shi Jin shouted in pain, "Follow me to welcome Chen Da into the city." After saying this, Shi Jin ran down the city and rushed up to meet Chen Da, holding Chen Da's hand in his arms. A closer look at both arms showed that Chen Da had several stab wounds on his body, and the wounds were open and fleshy. Chen Da's face had become more thinner, and his two eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes. At this moment, he was looking at Shi Jin with tears in his eyes, his mouth After holding it back, he knelt down on the ground and said with a cry: "Brother, Pucheng... Pucheng is gone. Chen Da deserves death. Brother, I will punish you."
"Good brother, you have tried your best. It's my fault. Get up quickly," Shi Jin said, picking up Chen Da and saying, "Here, bring the carriage and horse."
Several soldiers drove a carriage over. Shi Jin helped Chen Da get into the carriage and drove all the way to Chen Da's mansion. While sending several attentive maids to scrub Chen Da's body, he quickly invited Li Baicao. Come.
Li Baicao finished applying medicine to Chen Da's wounds and put on a set of clean clothes. Only then did Shi Jin realize that Chen Da had seventeen or eighteen wounds all over his body, some old and new, some deep and some shallow.
Shi Jin couldn't bear to look at it and turned away slightly. After Li Baicao took the medicine, everyone left, leaving only Zhu Wu, Wu Yong and Shi Jin in the room.
Chen Da said: "I was too reckless and did not listen to brother Zhu Wu's advice and went my own way, which is why I ended up in such a disastrous defeat."
"No one is a sage, and you can only make mistakes if you are familiar with it. Don't blame yourself, dear brother. You can come back, and my heart is extremely comforted," Shi Jin comforted Chen Da while holding Chen Da's hand. Shi Jin looked at the hand on Chen Da's shoulder. A bloody hole asked: "What's going on with this arrow sore?"
"It all happened before. I had 2,000 men and horses in the city. There were more than 2,000 Yaozhou soldiers and horses stationed in the southwest of Pucheng. I took 1,000 men and horses secretly to the camp of Yaozhou soldiers and horses at night. A fire came and burned most of them. However, Yaozhou's soldiers and horses were in chaos. I took the opportunity to kill several people, but in the end I couldn't deal with their bows and arrows, so I had to retreat to the city. It was at that time that I received such an arrow. ," Chen Da replied.
Wu Yong pointed to the deep sore on Chen Da's back and asked, "Where did it get hurt?"
Chen Da said: "After the fire burned the camp in Yaozhou, I came back to the city, thinking of recuperating for a few days. The general of Yaozhou knew that I was injured by an arrow, so he came down to the city to call for battle. I knew he wanted to anger me. When I went out to fight, I deliberately refused to go out. I stayed like this for more than ten days, but I found that the food and grass in Pucheng could not last more than a few days. I had no choice but to mobilize a thousand men and horses that night and secretly went to the same place. "Go to the southeast where the state's soldiers and horses are stationed." After saying this, Chen Da sighed deeply and continued: "I originally thought that if they knew that I was injured by an arrow and had been shut down for a few days without fighting, they would not have expected that I would be wounded before the war. When I came to rob the camp, I took my men and horses and sneaked into the camp of the Tongzhou soldiers and horses. I killed a group of officers and soldiers standing guard outside. I wanted to set fire to all parts of the camp, but I didn't want to. I took people in to take a look inside. They are all empty, and the people in the camp are all straw men set up by the enemy." After saying this, Chen Da paused and said, "I knew I had been tricked, so I wanted to lead my troops to withdraw, but at this time people rushed out from all directions. Many officers and soldiers came. When I saw the huge momentum of the officers and soldiers, I was afraid that I would not be able to escape. I immediately became worried and simply led my men and horses to their back camp to kill them. I couldn't steal any food and grass, so I would starve them. I lit up their food and grass with a fire like this. I accidentally hit them and overturned them, which made the soldiers and horses of Tongzhou panic. I took advantage of the fire and managed to break through from their rear camp. I was about to escape alive. , but didn’t want to kill the general from Tongzhou on the way. The man’s horse was riding very fast, and he held a simple knife with an iron chain in his hand. When fighting, he could use the iron chain to throw the knife and chop it. I escaped and fought at the same time. I couldn't guard myself. I was stabbed in the back and almost fell off my horse. Thanks to the brothers who were accompanying me who fought to save me, I managed to escape back to the city. However, after this battle, the soldiers and horses After most of the losses, there are only less than 300 brothers who have returned to the city."
"Then... what happened next," Shi Jin was a little frightened.
"I returned to the city and could not hold out, but the soldiers and horses from Tongzhou took turns to attack the city. I could barely resist it a few days ago. However, the soldiers and horses from Yaozhou heard the news and came to besiege. I used all the rocks, thunder and wood. These two The soldiers and horses of the state knew that my city was empty, so they took turns attacking day and night. I burned the food and grass in Tongzhou. They were anxious. I knew they wouldn't be able to hold on for long, so I endured it. As expected, on the second day, the group of soldiers and horses did not exist. Let’s attack the city again, and I also found out the news that the grain and grass from Tongzhou will be shipped from Tongzhou overnight and will enter the boundary of Huazhou two days later. The soldiers and horses from Tongzhou have already retreated to the transfer point to pick up the grain, and inside Pucheng The food and grass have been exhausted, and the people in the city are also suffering from hunger. The city is full of rumors of the city being destroyed. I don’t think it is an option to continue like this. And that day, Yaozhou’s grain transport troops also came this way. "Yes," Chen Da said here, and continued: "I ordered five hundred people to pretend to attack Yaozhou's camp from the front. I took five hundred people to detour to the junction of Yaozhou and ambush Yaozhou's grain transport brigade. I just succeeded here. But I didn't want to encounter the team of soldiers and horses I sent out earlier on the way. As soon as I saw them, I knew something was wrong. They attracted the attention of Yaozhou soldiers and horses. After I succeeded, they should return to the city to defend... ...Sure enough, the result was beyond my expectation. Who would have thought that all the troops from Yaozhou were dispatched? The 500 men and horses I sent could not resist them. They fought all the way to the bottom of the city. They were outnumbered. Most of my brothers who defended the city died in the battle. Only more than 400 people escaped and came back."
"The soldiers and horses from Tongzhou have just left. They know that your city is empty. They are trying their best to seize Pucheng before the soldiers and horses from Tongzhou come back, so they don't want to miss it by mistake. However, even if they have the city We also lost food and grass, so we can’t get any better," Wu Yong said heartily for Chen Da.
"The city is gone, so what's the use of food and grass? In anger, I set a fire and burned all the food and grass. I only kept some with me for a day. I wanted to find a place in the mountains to fill my stomach before looking for an opportunity to seize it. Pucheng, but I didn't expect that I met a group of forbidden troops who came from nowhere on the way. They were very powerful. I was no match for them, so I had to abandon my food and grass and flee south." Chen Da said: "I haven't seen any reinforcements for a few days. I knew that the road going south was extremely difficult, and as expected, Zhengxian County and Weinan were also deeply besieged. I just wanted to fight my way back to Huayin. However, no matter how I detoured, I encountered the Forbidden Army several times. Once, I was actually beaten by the Forbidden Army. During the siege, I led my brothers to fight bloody battles all night before escaping. Later, after several twists and turns, I managed to break through the blockade. However, at that time, there were no more than a hundred brothers behind me..." Chen Da couldn't help but say this. His face was full of sorrow and anger, and he shed tears,